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Child Welfare Sessions. The needs of the area have been met by a total of 17
sessions per week held at the Municipal Centres and at the South West Ham Child Welfare
Centre. In the Silvertown area the Child Welfare Session is combined with ante-natal
and immunisation clinics, as it has been found that this is sufficient to meet the needs,
Fourteen children and 3 expectant mothers resident in neighbouring areas attended West Ham
clinics, and 6 children resident in West Ham are known to have attended clinics in other
areas.
Toddlers' Clinics. In addition to the 17 sessions mentioned above an average of
4 special toddlers' clinics were held weekly. At these, 2,886 children attended in
response to the 7,994 invitations to come for examination on their 2nd, 3rd or 4th birthday,
There were 2,446 children whose general condition was regarded as good, 411 children in
whom it was recorded as fair, and 29 in whom it was recorded as poor. In the same group of
children there were 2,663 whose cleanliness of body and clothing was recorded as good, 214
in whom It was found to be not entirely satisfactory, and 9 in whom it was poor. There were
2 children who were found to have infestation of the head, and 2 with infestation of the
body.
Defects or deviations from normality found in the same group of children are shown
below. The Table includes conditions observed by the doctor or described by the mother and
recorded at the time of the examination. The classification of defect in these pre-school
children is in line with that prescribed by the Ministry of Education for school children.
differentiation is made between major and minor defects, but no defect is recorded
unless it is considered necessary to advise treatment or to keep the child under observation.